ASBURY PARK — Next time you step off the beach in Asbury Park, be sure you aren't showing too much skin.

A forgotten town ordinance banning bathing suits on the boardwalk has apparently been on the books for years there, and one resident is asking that the law be enforced, according to a report on AsburyParkSun.com.

Asbury's Republican party chairperson Louise Murray implored the city council to enforce the rule, which states: “No person clad in bathing attire shall be on the boardwalk or the public walks adjacent thereto.”

Deputy Mayor John Loffredo responded during the June 20 meeting, telling Murray he did not disagree with her assessment, the report said.

Richard Schlossbach, the co-owner of boardwalk restaurant Langosta Lounge, said he hadn't heard of the law but didn't see the issue.

"I think there's bigger fish to fry in our town," he told The Star-Ledger. "My personal opinion is: If you look good in a bathing suit, I have no problem."

Schlossbach said Langosta, which has outdoor dining on the boardwalk, has a casual dress code — shoes and shirts are required. But he said patrons haven't complained about seeing people walking by in offensive beachwear.

"It goes with the environment," he said of bathing suits on the boardwalk. "There is a thing down here that we don't want to be like Seaside Heights. But I don't think Asbury will ever be like that."